Russian air defenses jammed a Ukrainian drone flying toward Moscow early Sunday morning and it crashed, the Russian Defense Ministry said. Ukrainian pilots have started training on F-16 fighter jets, Minister of Defense Oleksiy Reznikov announced.

Ukrainian military at the front in Torskyi (Donetsk region)Photo: AA/ABACA / Abaca Press / Profimedia

Highlights of the war in Ukraine, day 543, LIVETEXT:

09:15A Ukrainian drone fell on the roof of a railway station in the Russian city of Kursk, injuring five people and causing a fire, the TASS news agency reported on Sunday with reference to the governor of the region, Roman Starovoit.

The city of Kursk is located in the region of the same name in southwestern Russia, bordering Ukraine in the west.

09:07Russian authorities briefly suspended flights to two airports in the capital for security reasons, Reuters reports.

This measure was taken after the Ukrainian drone flew towards Moscow. The Russian air defense system silenced it, and it crashed, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported. Air traffic has been restored.

08:30Ukrainian pilots have begun training on F-16 fighters, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said in an interview with Ukrainian media on Saturday, CNN reports.

A brief summary of recent events:

  • On Saturday, seven people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and more than 120 people were injured as a result of Russian rocket fire on the city of Chernihiv in northern Ukraine.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry on Saturday reported a series of attacks by Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow, the Novgorod region northwest of the Russian capital and Belgorod, which borders Ukraine. As a result of the terrorist attacks, no one was injured, reports Reuters.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi visited Sweden on Saturday, his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year. At a joint press conference, Zelenskyi and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced that the countries agreed to strengthen cooperation in the production, training and maintenance of the Swedish CV-90 infantry fighting vehicles.
  • Ukraine has started negotiations with Sweden about the possibility of obtaining Gripen fighters, the President of Ukraine said.
  • Ukraine’s air force said it shot down 15 of 17 Russian drones targeted in the northern, central and western regions between Friday and Saturday.
  • In Russia, Vladimir Putin visited high-ranking military personnel in the city of Rostov-on-Don, not far from the border with Ukraine. The Kremlin said that the Russian president listened to the reports of Valery Gerasimov, the commander of Moscow’s operations in Ukraine, and other senior military officials at the headquarters of Russia’s Southern Military District.

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